Michael baughtigan and edwin oldfield



M RAUGHTIGAN 8v E. OLDPIELD.

Picture-Hanger.

No. 227,055. Patented April 27,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

PICTURE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,055, dated April 27, 1880. Application filed February 25, 1880.

To all whom "it may concern Beitknown that we, MICHAEL RAUGII'IPIGAN and EDWIN OLDMELD, both of Norwich, in the county of New London, in the State of lonncctieut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pieture-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

()ur invention relates to hangers for pictureframes.

Among other forms of such devices is one in which apiece of wire is bent into the shape of an eye for the passage of the picture-cord and formed with a tongue acting as a stop to the cord.

()ur invention is an improvement in the class of hangers referred to; and it consists in a picture-hanger having an eye for the passage of the picture-cord and a hook adapted to pierce the cord, the whole constructed of a single piece of wire, so that the cord may be readily adjusted as to its length and be firmly retained in the desired position, while the article can be manufactured at a very low cost.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows ourinvention applied to a picture-frame. Fig. 2 is a detached side view of the hanger.

The letter A designates the picture-frame, and B a cord for suspending the frame. To each end of the cord-B is applied a wire han ger, U, for attachment to the frame A, the hanger being, in this example, provided with a hook, f, of suitable character to engage a staple on the frame.

E designates an eye in the hanger, through which the picture-cord B passes,and a hook whereby the cord is held against longitudinal displacement. The eye E is situated intermediate of the ends of the wire composing the hanger, and it is produced by coiling the wire at that point, a series of coils being preferable, with a view to elongate the eye.

The hook f is at the end of the wire opposite to the hookf, or its substitute, and it has a sharp end for piercing the cord 1 The sharp end of the hookf, however, is not essential when a thin wire is used, inasmuch as the hook is in that case at once adapted to pierce the cord.

In applying the hanger U to use, the cord is drawn through the eye E and the hookf is forced into the cord, as indicated in Fig. 2, and hence the cord is firmly retained in position, while it may be readily adjusted to the desired length.

The construction of the hanger 0 permits of its being made of a single piece of wire, and hence the cost of the manufacture is reduced to a minimum.

\Nhat we claim is- A pictnre-hanger consisting of a single piece of wire coiled intermediate its ends to form an eye for the passage of the picture-cord, one end of said wire being formed with a hook to pierce the cord for attaching the hanger, and the other end constructed to support the picture-frame, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 21st day of February, 1880.

MICHAEL 'ltAUGl-l'lMi-A'N. EDWIN ULDFJELI). \Vitnesses J OIIN Gnoss, E. A. TRACY. 

